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Several countries in the MENA region have been facing financial crises of unprecedented gravity. The MENA Commission on Stabilization and Growth Report describes how debt ratios started rising after the Arab Uprisings as fiscal policies became more expansionary, and how this was further precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ukraine war, and the rise in global interest rates. The financial crises are especially acute in Lebanon, Egypt, and Tunisia, where external shocks have exacerbated deeply embedded structural weaknesses.

World Water Day, observed annually on March 22, draws awareness to issues of scarcity, sustainability, and safety of global freshwater resources. The security and reliability of water resources are constantly challenged by concerns over adequate availability, sufficient access to clean water, and the consequences of diminished and unsafe water supplies (e.g. to health and food security).

Climate justice ostensibly addresses the  equitable distribution of responsibilities for the burdens of climate change and the fair sharing of the means and resources for its mitigation. In theory, the concept links environmental concerns with social and racial ones, recognizing the disproportionate impact climate change has on people from developing countries, who are least responsible for the havoc wrought by climate change.

Analysis: India and Egypt are rapidly strengthening bilateral ties, but what is New Delhi's wider role in the Middle East and how do Cairo's economic troubles factor into the picture?

The 2022 U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP27) will convene in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, from November 6 to 18.